2018 · Week 16
Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints
Dec 23, 2018 · Louisiana Superdome · dome · sportturf
Recap
New Orleans Saints held off Pittsburgh Steelers 31–28. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Saints (73%). Saints improve to 13-2; Steelers fall to 8-6-1. Drew Brees paced the offense with 326 passing yards and 1 TD.
Team stats
| PIT | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | First downs | 21 |
| 445 | Total yards | 383 |
| 380 | Passing yards | 326 |
| 65 | Rushing yards | 57 |
| 33/50 | Comp / Att | 27/40 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 33/50 | 380 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Jaylen Samuels | 12 | 53 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Nix | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Stevan Ridley | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Brown | 14 | 19 | 185 | 2 |
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | 11 | 15 | 115 | 0 |
| Jaylen Samuels | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Vance McDonald | 1 | 4 | 49 | 0 |
| Ryan Switzer | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Nix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eli Rogers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Xavier Grimble | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Washington | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 27/39 | 326 | 1 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Alvin Kamara | 7 | 23 | 2 |
| Mark Ingram | 11 | 35 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Thomas | 11 | 13 | 109 | 1 |
| Alvin Kamara | 4 | 6 | 82 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 5 | 8 | 74 | 0 |
| Keith Kirkwood | 2 | 4 | 35 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Tre'Quan Smith | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Benjamin Watson | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Josh Hill | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |